MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 7

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

i POLICE CASES,, , (Before Mr.,W. G.. Ru'idoll.. S.M.), . .. DISTURBANCE ON A RAILWAY 1 STATION". ■ | • A disturbance at . Station just bef.oro thp. d'oparturo of ,the late . train on Saturday, 'February 20, resulted;'m>'; John M'Mahon, Anthony' : Franklm- ; -Green;; and John' Hayes, rdmaflded-',--fr'om I ';Mpnday,;-. being charged , (1) : whilst under the ihfl_uence-6f4icinor 1 with wilfully damaging ''af'lamp'),ryalUi>-255.;j----ono cap, value,. 6s. •6d!v i ''a,nd" , oiio -carriage window, value LOs., the propErty';;'or->alio Manawatu Railway Company. ■ ■ -Hares was 'also' chargwl v 'witlv;,. naviflSHi®--■ saulted Nelson Wood, ticltet. - ,clerk. 'sM-Mahott-pleaded';'guilty' to the' ; and Hayes" and Green, defended by 'ford, pleaded not guilty:' B ' Evidenco showed thattlio.throe rnen, who'wero: all inoro or less'under- the influMtco of liquor 1 ,- went down to', the lato it-rain,-; and; ono of their number caused some distiirbaiico. in one' of the smoking •e'aTriages. boforo^tho : train' left.; Subsequently, -tlio;'-three^menbe-.-came involved in a struggloi-ttitly. tho railway.; officials, who locked tliem (: 'up in- a;' ■waitingroom and ■ communicated''f-with-..- thea.policoo The train was delayed' ovor twenty minutes" on account of tho disturbance." •" Sub-Inspeotor O'Donovan' sugHcsted that a,' ''scivefy penalty was 'ncicd-ed/ as-these'-dist'urp-arices'on trains were becoming -too frequents' - (His Worship held,_that-..Hayes had triedi to prevent trouble in ■ the"; : first instance," although lie interfered wrongly-'later.-- 'Tno; : first two- charges against-Hayes-would.bo. dismissed.' .On the charge v of- assault I ! 'he, ■would bo convicted and firied':4os;, m default: seven days' imprisonment-. M'Mahon had pleaded guilty, and. the charge against' Grwn /would be sustained.' : Each .of:'these_ two defendants' would; bo convicted ' and. .fined £3, in defaulti'fourteen. 'days' ,'imprisonmpnt lor; disorderly .'conduct, and' on tho clmrt»o, of. wilfully 'damaging', t-ho . .property ''.mentipried' (in tlio information: they : would; bo: conrict-wl and 'ordorod to . pay.,i. naif tlio. a.inpunt,, of. damago, £1. Or. . 9cl. AV.itnessos'_esp,enscs,, . 305., wore ordered to ' accused. '-■ .7.;.. ',' ; -,v-r''iiiV'.v.iiif il.ff/tr: BURGL VllY A young man named Ronald Grant Gilbert, alias Georgo Moore, was charged with having on February 23 ■ at-Wellington- enter,od,' the: dwelling of - David - Goorge ,Todd,- and stolon: two .Watcrbury watches;: ono silver chain,;- • and Ton©, nict&l chain,,.of •• a. total-..vahio- of* *>r./ Sarah, Alice Todd stated that" on : Sunday, : ■■ February. .23i, she left. her. homOj.No. 12 Ran-.-.furly Terrace, at about. 4. p.m., . loaviiig .tho. houde locked up, ' room-' window,.■■whic]i'*'.?ias ;l«li|;,J>pW:.atc:t}»)S; ¥)av id';:Georgo ; : Tod st cnianVVu Sstafcecl y tliat ho .left .home .a'ljttjjigbefijre';4;KJ»>': olv - February 23, and returned 1 about - .4.50;-p>nn He -found, no' one: •s";homej'!but •: tho back door iWas unlocked, jiud tho ;ho\iso <h<Kv been ontered': and the -contents' .of ..drawers..strewn; on the .= floor:, iWitness found^.tMttwo: ■ watchcs a.nd' two' chains!'wei'e Ssmg.'. The, watch and chain , .to; .. T'jolfn' Campheil, l , 1 on'-February.-23; at aho\it .4;30, wm. : ' . sitting - in' front' -of his Terrn.ce;. accused. go'. up and ,knock at tlio door of'Todd's hdu'so;.;" Accused-.then,: .'went round tho back,, and - : in.. tlio J incantinis : :• Mr'.vTodd returned, and;^ccu§ed. ( then.' ; ?am^ • • JaneyCostcllq,.. secondhand ''dea%v Manners Street, deposed -thst., accjised, callc<l, , '-at her -shop on: SloiidayC-February .24, ; and; : offered > a wafch , and , e%in , ,;for i .sale- Witne6s.refused .tp-buy;'it, and accused, ' .'.took it away."' , , V •;Detective Williams':stated tha.fc'On Fcbru- ' -'ary 27, in company with. D.c-tectivo Kotiii), ho 1 . arrested -,accused,,at; , 'hisYlpa<:ings ; ; , in- ' bridge :Terrace." ; Accused mado -a statement to tho effect that he had stowed away ontlie steamer- Maori, from Tasmania "to • Pdrt. Chalmers, and had 1 . wWfW 'in Dunedm, Christchui'cK, ' and 1 AucWanH_;preV-i ; ous c«> -thei present charge.. Ho into; the houso' of Mr. Todd, .and. sfcealirtg. the two, . ,watches and chains. Qfle oF the watchcs ' . was lip good, and- threw it away... ! ness ; afterwards showedl'accuspd- tho.'watoh ' prodiioed, ; , and. ■ • Fruhauff s. and ho- admitted that. it was tlio, . one lie had. pawned: . Isn= 3nv*w r ' Accused pleaded guiltv, and was" committed to the Supremo Court"! fori sentence, -' . TROUBLE AT OHIJK) HOME > i'. Phillip Shannon,, an ' inniato of -tho Ohiro ■ Home', wns ; charged' witli'/'having assaulted' , John 1 M.'Roberts, ' ov'orsrcpat the Homcr'on • March- 2: It- was "stated'; by ith6:<police';,that; L accused;'"who- was - -deaf, ]iad- :boen -in ;tho Home for several month's.ii R< I contl.v,;.).fl'Ken -Mr! Robert? was paying somplof-'tho_old;:mch some money, accused struckrcomplainanfcvin the- face -becauso' he ; had.v noti'given liim- ariv money.■' Evideno* was: pjiven was not amenable to: distiiplino,rtai)d', had : strayed awny ■ from tho -Hmno-'-oH' sovoral oooasions. ' - A" conviction and fino of 405.-and, y costs, 10s. 6d:, in default .'.fourtp.en;, ■imprisonment, were impq^se.d.;.;.-;-^.;-;:^ : BREACH OF A PROHIBITION ORDER: 1 ' :!> Arthur Edward T,onks r pieaded ;; pilty',fp; ; having, procured ..liquor tho;currency. of- a prohibition- orddr,.' and; was'/convictod I "and ; ordered- to oonio up t for . when called upon.., . . .. .', .'. : A- QUEERiSENSE OF :HijMO.'Uß. ! .i:., ■■ j Maiy jihns'teho a' r' charge,of : stealing the',sulii/bf »Ps.,' ltTib?iij'.o----j perty of -;Ooiui»toi|i^ • /,nt stated that bo Wentrint-o; th'e side' bar, of: m hot-el, where Ho met accuscd':aud : ahothcr J. .woman/ Ho was ! drinking"with and accused took .the money/.which wis giyeii : 5 in * change; 5'T When ' approached. eon- \ : stable, acciisfed deiiied' hav&g tho r, question,'; or any • 'inoriey''"tit 'all'."- ? r ThS ! : lialf Sovereign was found •' in. 1 tlitj'■ Av&maii'g "hand?' f Defendant pleaded' that : sho ! t6ok : ' s tho .nioney jokiiigly, 1 and 1 had', no' intention - of-I?epihg it;. His Worship held that'prosecutor was partly I to blame, and in'ooiisequenco 1 dealt'leiueiitly "' with accused, 1 imposing a fine''of lOs.v'with J the alternative; of,, seven days', imprisonment. a 'WILFULLY'DAMAGING: PROPERTY. ; A neatly-dressod : young woman, .Mary. ". GJovw,;" alias Hpytl, . pleaded/ guilty'to, a I' charge of having; at Mirahiar 'on MarbK .4; s wilfully" 'damaged.firo 'panos'df s "at 135,, tho property of. i* -Defendant pleaded hard .for a ' chance.' and [ stated that, she would take out a prohibition' s order against herself. A conviction.; and fine j of 10s., and tin; order to'pay tlio value of 1 the glass broken 155., in default seven days' r imprisonmerit, was imposed.- ' ■ ; ■' 1 INSUFFICIENT MEANS. ' 3 Frederick Lyness was . convicted-.apdysen-tenced to threo months' .imprisoiinient':, on . a >' chargo of being an idlo and disorderly;person, 5 with no visible means of support. : ': Tho Bonevplont • Trustoos wore not - prepared; to tako accused back-into tho Ohiro Home for tho ; Pr Oharlcs Edmundson- Leask, olerk,. charged e with having insufficient lawful means of.sup- ' "porfc, was convicted and-oi"dei'«l to ,como up ' for sentence when ealle<l upon, ;;oiv, condition r that lie entered tho Ohiro Home-fop. three 1 months. It was stated by tho. polico' that : Leask had forniorly been in-a good: position, and had latterly been a: temporarj- clerk; in 1 one of tho Government Departments. Since

ho had been out of work ho had been a source of annoyance ;aboiit various publio ■ offices."' ' ' ... INSOBRIETY. .Henry Thomas,, for habitual drunkenness, was ordered to enter the Pakatoa Inebriates Homo for a period of one y;ear, and George William Jackson, for .a similar offenooj was, seiitQiieed. to ono month's imprisonment, with. hard-.labour: • James Ling and' John Thomp-, . , son-were each; convicted, and,fined 205., In default seven days' imprisonment, and'Wm. , . M'Kay was convicted and fined 10s., in default 48- hours' imprisonment. Two first olfonders wero .each convicted and fined 55., in default.24.hours' imprisonment. •• 7- John O'Doijaghue,-remanded from Monday ' on :a t charge' ,of -helpless drunkenness, was ' conviotpd. and :fined, 55., and ordered-to Day 1 ' 10s. mwlical dxpenses. ■. , '. - ' *